Object numberM2000/003:002
DescriptionCut and sewn yellow Star of David. The German word 'Jude', meaning Jew in English printed on the centre.
Worn by Vera Meyer neé Fischer, born 24 February 1915, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father Bohumil Fischer (born 25 December 1879; murdered 1942). Mother: Ludmilla Fischer (nee Popper) (born 12 August 1881). Older Sister: Anna [Anka] Glaesner (born 1908, died 1989 Sydney). Vera’s first husband: Paul Noklov, married in April 1939; Died on day of Auschwitz liberation. Her second husband: Nokolo Korner, married in 1947 (daughter Helen was born in 1948). Third husband: Mr Meyer.
Vera was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943; then deported to Auschwitz in October 1944. Sent to Bergen-Belsen from November 1944 to February 1945; then transferred to Buchenwald, and later sent on a work transport to nearby Raguhn Dessau that produced aeroplane parts for Junkers. Her evacuation (death march) back to Theresienstadt where she was liberated by the Russians in May 1945; recuperated from Typhoid and Hepatitus in hospital in Theresienstadt. Returning to Prague to find out the fate of her family members whe learnt that her husband Paul Noklov had died on the day of Auschwitz’s liberation. She arrived in Austalia 22 March 1947.
History of the yellow star:
Since the Middle Ages Jews had been intermittently forced to wear markings that separated them from the general population. Signalling a return to such discrimination in Nazi occupied Poland in October 1939, the Jews of Wloclawek were forced to wear a yellow badge. Similar initiatives occurred throughout occupied Poland, and on the 23 November 1939, a general order was issued that all Polish Jews over the age of 11 wear a white armband with a blue Star of David. In September 1941, the Nazis introduced a yellow star in Germany. This Jewish badge became the distinguishing emblem that Jews in Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied countries were forced to wear to enable their debasement and identification as Jews.
This regulation required all Jews over the age of six to wear a yellow, six-pointed star, the size of a fist, on the left side of the breast, with ‘Jude’ inscribed on it in black. The date of its application, as well as the word embossed on it, varied across Nazi-occupied territories. In occupied France, the decree to wear the yellow star inscribed with ‘Juif’ (Jew), came into effect on 3 June 1942; in the Netherlands, the yellow star was inscribed with Jood (Jew), issued on 29 April 1942, and in Bulgaria, the distinctive sign for a Jew/Jewess took the form of a yellow and black button sewn onto clothing, issued in August 1942. In some countries like Hungary, Romania and Moldavia Jews wore yellow stars without any lettering. The distinctive mark imposed on Jews became an integral part of the preparation for the Final Solution.
Worn by Vera Meyer neé Fischer, born 24 February 1915, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father Bohumil Fischer (born 25 December 1879; murdered 1942). Mother: Ludmilla Fischer (nee Popper) (born 12 August 1881). Older Sister: Anna [Anka] Glaesner (born 1908, died 1989 Sydney). Vera’s first husband: Paul Noklov, married in April 1939; Died on day of Auschwitz liberation. Her second husband: Nokolo Korner, married in 1947 (daughter Helen was born in 1948). Third husband: Mr Meyer.
Vera was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943; then deported to Auschwitz in October 1944. Sent to Bergen-Belsen from November 1944 to February 1945; then transferred to Buchenwald, and later sent on a work transport to nearby Raguhn Dessau that produced aeroplane parts for Junkers. Her evacuation (death march) back to Theresienstadt where she was liberated by the Russians in May 1945; recuperated from Typhoid and Hepatitus in hospital in Theresienstadt. Returning to Prague to find out the fate of her family members whe learnt that her husband Paul Noklov had died on the day of Auschwitz’s liberation. She arrived in Austalia 22 March 1947.
History of the yellow star:
Since the Middle Ages Jews had been intermittently forced to wear markings that separated them from the general population. Signalling a return to such discrimination in Nazi occupied Poland in October 1939, the Jews of Wloclawek were forced to wear a yellow badge. Similar initiatives occurred throughout occupied Poland, and on the 23 November 1939, a general order was issued that all Polish Jews over the age of 11 wear a white armband with a blue Star of David. In September 1941, the Nazis introduced a yellow star in Germany. This Jewish badge became the distinguishing emblem that Jews in Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied countries were forced to wear to enable their debasement and identification as Jews.
This regulation required all Jews over the age of six to wear a yellow, six-pointed star, the size of a fist, on the left side of the breast, with ‘Jude’ inscribed on it in black. The date of its application, as well as the word embossed on it, varied across Nazi-occupied territories. In occupied France, the decree to wear the yellow star inscribed with ‘Juif’ (Jew), came into effect on 3 June 1942; in the Netherlands, the yellow star was inscribed with Jood (Jew), issued on 29 April 1942, and in Bulgaria, the distinctive sign for a Jew/Jewess took the form of a yellow and black button sewn onto clothing, issued in August 1942. In some countries like Hungary, Romania and Moldavia Jews wore yellow stars without any lettering. The distinctive mark imposed on Jews became an integral part of the preparation for the Final Solution.
Production placeGermany
Subjectantisemitism, insignia, badges, stigma
Object nameyellow Star of David
Materialfibres (fabrics)
Dimensions
- width: 80.00 mm
height: 95.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Helen Thal